Setup time reduction in flexo machine with SMED and internet of thing method

Abstract

PT. ABC is a company that engaged in the production of carton boxes. In the production of carton box, setup time is an important and unavoidable process. The current setup time required by the flexo machine at each changeover product is 39.8 minutes, while the target setup time that must be achieved by PT. ABC is 20 minutes. Whereas within one day the number of product changeover is quite high, which can reach 20 products/day. This research will focus on creating an efficient production process, by reducing setup time. The reduction of setup time in flexo machine can be achieved by implementingSingle Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) method andinternet of things. In the implementation, SMED method will focus on converting internal setupsto external setup. Besides converting the internal setup to external setup, in SMED method, improvements are also made by eliminating and combining the work of process with the application of the internet of things.